Historical perspective on Deontay Wilder's 10 consecutive title defenses

[Larry the boss]

The only HW champ to win the title without having to fight a single top 10 contender along the way.

He's a manufactured champion.

Stiverne, Ortiz, Fury were all top 10

[Marchegiano]

Tommy Burns:

1. Jim O'Brien
   
2. James J Walker
   
3. Fireman Jim Flynn
   
4. Philadelphia Jack O'Brien
   
5. Philadelphia Jack O'Brien
   
6. Bill Squires
   
7. Gunner Moir
   
8. Jack Palmer
   
9. Jem Roche
   
10. ***ey Smith
    
11. Bill Squires
    
12. Bill Squires
    
13. Bill Lang

[OnlytheTruth]

The WBC has always had the best claim to being the real world title. If you think there are too many champions, stop paying attention to lesser titles.

If you think Eddie Hearn and the WBA is a joke then the whole Don King and the WBC saga leaves the WBC credibility in tatters.

The WBC being the belt that people want the most is just a myth made up by bias boxing fans.

The real title that people want is an Undisputed HW Champion.

[LacedUp]

Berbick beating Ali is a great win. Ali was one fight removed from being heavyweight champion of the world, even if he was old and shot. Berbick’s win over Ali is better than anything Wilder has done in his career.

This is pure insanity.

berbick beating Ali's skeleton means zero. It's still the only Ali fight I've never seen and never will.

[N/A]

If you think Eddie Hearn and the WBA is a joke then the whole Don King and the WBC saga leaves the WBC credibility in tatters.

Holyfield wasn't with Don King. Bowe wasn't with Don King. Lewis wasn't with Don King. The list goes on and on. There is absolutely no question the WBC heavyweight title has the most prestigious list of champions. The WBC fully supported Lennox Lewis when he was being ducked and he proved to be the best. The WBC fully supported Deontay Wilder when he was being ducked and he proved to be the best. The WBC fully supported Vitali Klitschko when Lewis retired and he proved to be the best.

The WBC heavyweight title has the most prestige because of who has held it compared to the others. The WBC heavyweight champion has also never lost a unification fight in history. Time and time again the WBC champion has proven to be the best.

[NaijaD]

You don’t do yourself any favours with stuff like this, you spent years discrediting Golovkin because his opposition wasn’t up to standard, Wilder’s run is absolutely laughable in comparison and yet here you are praising him. Bias and Hypocrisy at its finest.

[Marchegiano]

You musta made a good point Larry. The only real pushback being you're a hypocrite. Was it Hemingway or Wilde who said " I am a hypocrite for I contain multitudes"?

Either way, when all the haters can say is but you're being hypocritical you must have made a decent point otherwise they'd address the point not the man making it.

[ShaneMosleySr]

It doesn’t surprise some people rank him number one. He’s one of three fighters who have a legitimate claim to being number one.

There wasn’t a real champion when Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko were bot fighting because they were one and two and never fought. When Vitali retired, Wladimir was the consensus number one fighter and the real champion.

The WBC is not the “real” belt. It’s the same garbage as the other three major titles.

It is not one of the most successful reigns in heavyweight history because there’s two other fighters with legitimate claims as heavyweight champion and he hasn’t beaten them.

He's #1 in Boxrec now. The trolls and haters are going to have to find a different fighter to complain about.




Vitali was the real champion, not Wladimir. Vitali retired. Wilder won the real belt. Wladimir never pursued the real belt.




The WBC has always had the best claim to being the real world title. If you think there are too many champions, stop paying attention to lesser titles.




He's been WBC heavyweight champion of the world for nearly 5 years. He's made 10 successful defenses. It is historically significant. It's one of the most successful reigns in heavyweight history.

[ShaneMosleySr]

For the haters, who did Joe Louis defend against?

Almost all of Joe Louis’ 25 title defense came against opponents who are better than anyone Deontay Wilder has fought.

[ShaneMosleySr]

Who has Wilder beaten who was better than shot Ali?

LOL...BERBICK BEATING ALI WAS GREAT???? came out of retirement and got beat pillar to post by Holmes and was clearly sick....im done after that first line